We've had a 'stray' cat hanging around for the past couple of weeks, my daughters have grown really attached. We've seen it occasionally over the past few years, it visited every now and again, but never stayed for more than an hour or so. But since the weekend before last it's been sitting in our garden pretty much all day long.
My mum spotted a missing cat poster today, but didn't take the details. I came home today with the baby, leaving my children with my mum for a while, while I put the baby to bed, I mentioned the poster to my OH, suggested he go and take a look. To be honest I didn't think for one minute he would even move from him computer, because, quite frankly he is lazy.
Baby was almost asleep when I heard the doorbell and excited chatting downstairs. He'd only gone and called the owner there and then. So they've taken the cat, which is lovely for them, but surely he would have THOUGHT first that maybe his daughters, who love this bloody cat, could say goodbye, maybe even chat a little to the owner? It's an interesting cat and would have made a lovely conversation for them to share, the owner sounded nice, judging by the cheerful and happy tone of voice I heard.
I'm really angry that he didn't think of our daughters' feeling, or even mine to be honest, and also because they woke the baby up, who is now super overtired and so grumpy, but wide awake, and I have a ton of work to do while he will spend the evening chilling out and being unhelpful.
I almost think he's done it out of spite. He didn't want the cat to stay, not that I thought it would and I did want to find out if it had owners or what might have happened. He's had nothing to do with it, and has mostly ignored mine and the kids' enthusiasm and excitement for their little friend. So how was it up to him to call them like that without telling us first or even waiting a couple of hours for the kids to get back?